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randomsurfer
Since: Jan, 2001
Dalillama
Since: Jan, 2001
randomsurfer
Since: Jan, 2001
randomsurfer
Since: Jan, 2001

Seen on TV in the late 1970s or early 1980s but it was probably originally a theatrical film. I'm not sure if I only saw a little bit of it or what. There was a man who was smuggling Swiss watches from Switzerland. He was wearing a vest covered in watches under his regular suit. He was on a plane, and somehow got wind of there being customs agents at the destination. He gets some club soda from a stewardess and takes it to the restroom, where he pours it into the sink and soaks his vest in it; the point being to gum up the works enough so that they'll stop ticking while he's passing through customs, but not enough to ruin the watches. I think the stewardess comes in to help him; she isn't in on the smuggling plan originally but decides to join in.
It wasn't a zany comedy, it may have been a light action and/or romance with some humor in it.
Edited by randomsurfer